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Dos Santos, Dragulescu claim medals in Sao Paulo

Home crowd favorite Daiane Dos Santos won the women's floor routine and Romania's Marian Dragulescu won the men's vault at the gymnastics World Cup Final in Brazil on Sunday.

Dos Santos, winner on the floor exercise at the 2003 World Championships, received a score of 15.600, edging Britain's Elizabeth Tweddle (15.200) and countrywoman Lais Souza (14.925).

"It's great to win gold again. It's a big relief," Dos Santos said. "I had this goal and I'm glad I could achieve it."

Another Brazilian, Daniele Hypolito, was fourth with 14.750, while favorite Cheng Fei of China was fifth with 14.625 after committing mistakes on her routine. Cheng, coming off her second consecutive World Championships title in October in Denmark, took the gold medal on the vault on Saturday.

Tweedle, who became the first British woman to win a world title, won the uneven bars on Saturday.

The Brazilians had a successful weekend, winning six medals, including two gold. Diego Hypolito, Daniele's brother, won the men's floor event on Saturday.

"These results come as a reward to our hard work this year. It shows how much we are improving," Diego Hypolito said.

China finished with seven medals, including four gold.

One of them came with Li Ya on the women's beam, who received a score of 15.625. Daniele Hypolito was second (15.350) and Spain's Lenika de Simone was third (15.300).

World champion Dragulescu, who skipped the floor exercise on Saturday, won the vault with 16.562. He beat Anton Golotsutskov (16.362) and Diego Hypolito (16.250).
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